Frontline NHS and social care workers in England who are fully vaccinated will, in “exceptional circumstances”, be permitted to carry on working if they are “pinged” by the Covid contact
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Fresh calls have been issued to prevent a “surge” in workers and medics being forced into self-isolation over coronavirus contacts when most restrictions end on Monday. Medics are among the
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Half of the coronavirus patients admitted to hospital during the first wave developed at least one complication, new research has found. The study included more than 70,000 adults in the
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Health bosses in Sunderland have asked staff to postpone holidays as the trust came “under extreme pressure” due to a surge in coronavirus cases. Staff at South Tyneside and Sunderland
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Staff, patients and visitors in all NHS settings must continue to wear face coverings and observe social distancing, England’s chief nurse has said, despite coronavirus restrictions being eased from Monday.
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A team of researchers from the University of Hertfordshire, Leeds Beckett University and the University of Nottingham have been awarded over £300,000 of funding from the Alzheimer’s Society to co-design
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Operations across Edinburgh are being postponed because of the pressure caused by increasing numbers of patients and staff infected with coronavirus. NHS Lothian becomes the latest health board to announce
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The Government has been urged to issue a full reply to a damning report which was published a year ago. A scathing inquiry into three NHS scandals, published in July
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More than 100 scientists and doctors have signed a letter accusing the UK Government of conducting a “dangerous and unethical experiment” and urging it to reconsider its plans to abandon
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Planned elective operations at one of the largest and busiest hospital trusts in the UK are having to be postponed after an increase in Covid-19 admissions. Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS
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